{"id":126584,"date":"2020-02-11T10:25:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T18:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=126584"},"modified":"2020-02-11T11:01:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T19:01:13","slug":"maine-house-fails-to-override-sports-governor-veto-sports-betting-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/maine-house-fails-to-override-sports-governor-veto-sports-betting-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine House Fails to Override Governor Veto, Sports Betting Dead for This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Maine House of Representatives did not override Democratic Governor Janet Mills’ veto of the state\u2019s sports betting bill Tuesday, despite having been widely tipped to do so.<\/p>\n

\"Janet
Oh, no, you don\u2019t: Gov. Janet Mills sprang into action following the Senate\u2019s surprise vote to override her sports betting veto last week. (Image: Sun Journal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The House voted 85-57 in favor of the bill, but fell short by around ten votes of the necessary two-thirds super majority. Sports betting will have to wait until next year.<\/p>\n

Ironically, many felt the lower chamber was a safe bet to overturn the veto — it was the Senate that was expected to be the heavier lift.<\/p>\n

Senate Causes Stir\u2026 By Mistake<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The bill had overwhelming backing when it was passed emphatically in the House by verbal vote last June. It squeezed through the Senate later that day — the penultimate of the session — by 19-15.<\/p>\n

Mills failed to sign the bill over the summer and delivered her veto<\/a> on January 12. She described the bill as a \u201cgood effort,\u201d but said she remained \u201cunconvinced\u201d Mainers were \u201cready to legalize, support, endorse, and promote betting on competitive athletic events.\u201d<\/p>\n

An override remained a longshot. But the Senate surprised everyone last week<\/a> by voting 20-10 against the governor. It was the tightest of victories, and it only came about by sheer accident.<\/p>\n

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The Bangor Daily News<\/em> revealed Monday that State Sen. Lisa Keim (R-18th), who opposed the bill when it passed the Senate in June and is closely affiliated with the Christian Civic League of Maine, had voted to override the measure by mistake.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It was the first time a Mills veto had been overridden in either House. But the unexpected result put the Governor\u2019s Office — and casino industry lobbyists — into overdrive.<\/p>\n

Casinos Oppose Bill <\/strong><\/h2>\n

On Monday, State Rep. Scott Strom (R-106th) told Legal Sports Report<\/em> that he had \u201cnever seen\u201d such intense lobbying on any bill, adding that the governor was personally calling Democratic representatives one by one to ask them not to override.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the state\u2019s two casinos were stepping up the pressure, urging their employees to contact lawmakers and tell them to side with the governor.<\/p>\n

The casinos are against the bill because it would open the market to out-of-state mobile operators like FanDuel and DraftKings, who — uniquely, so far in the US — would not be required to partner with an existing land-based gaming licensee.<\/p>\n

These last-ditch efforts appear to have worked. And so perishes the most progressive, free-market sports betting bill America has yet seen. Expect something less radical next year, which will probably involve tethering mobile operators to land-based casinos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Maine House of Representatives did not override Democratic Governor Janet Mills’ veto of the state\u2019s sports betting bill Tuesday, despite having been widely tipped to do so. The House voted 85-57 in favor of the bill, but fell short by around ten votes of the necessary two-thirds super majority. 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